The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 16, 2185
Waning Crescent
22.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 AM
2:22 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.9%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3252
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 | 303.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 237.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -6.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.25° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.99° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.66° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.