The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Waning Gibbous
78.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 PM
11:05 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.2%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1063
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 | 235.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 296.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 32m / 13.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.89° / -0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.17° / 2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.99° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.