The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 16, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
80.9% 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
1:49 PM
3:20 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 618
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 | 128.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 48.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 56m / 17.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.05° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.45° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.95° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| 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.