The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 16, 2166
Waning Crescent
28.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 AM
2:02 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.6%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3017
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 244.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -3.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.35° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.22° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.84° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.