The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 16, 1981
Waning Gibbous
65.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 PM
12:11 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.8%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 729
Events on this date
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Neptune 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 | 251.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.6° / 284.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 38m / 12.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.34° / 3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.22° / -3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.80° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.