The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 16, 2167
Waxing Crescent
22.4% 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
11:25 AM
9:52 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.4%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3030
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 117.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 36m / -16.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.83° / -2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.00° / 3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.25° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.