The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 16, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
82.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
3:30 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.2%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 383
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,000 km.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 46.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 02m / 17.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.58° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.25° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.76° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.