The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 16, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
57.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 PM
12:36 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.3%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 581
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 | 98.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.1° / 78.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 08m / 2.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.84° / 1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.77° / -1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.98° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.