The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 16, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
72.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 PM
2:23 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.9%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 853
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 | 117.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 59.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 12m / 13.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.51° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.96° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.29° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.