The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 16, 2142
Waning Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 AM
4:52 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2720
Events on this date
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Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 1.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 180.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 09m / -21.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.03° / 1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / -1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.85° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.