The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 16, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 PM
4:38 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 989
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 | 144.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.0° / 32.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 10m / 15.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.54° / -1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.84° / 3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.88° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.