The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 16, 2164
Waxing Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 AM
8:16 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2993
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,600 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.3° / 135.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 03m / -16.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.37° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.79° / -4.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.19° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.