The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 16, 2161
New Moon
0.1% 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
7:19 AM
5:13 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2955
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.4° / 175.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 26m / -20.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.01° / 2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.40° / -2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.67° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.