The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 16, 2147
Waning Crescent
36.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 AM
1:35 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.4%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2782
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.9° / 253.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 44m / -0.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.40° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.58° / -4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.03° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.