The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 16, 2193
Waning Crescent
38.2% 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
1:12 AM
12:56 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.2%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3351
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.6° / 252.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / -6.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.11° / -2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.25° / 4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.01° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.