The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 16, 2011
Waning Gibbous
64.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 PM
11:32 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.7%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1100
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 | 253.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 279.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 29m / 3.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.39° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.49° / 7.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.89° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| 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.