The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 16, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 PM
6:54 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1125
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 | 172.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 1.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 06m / 19.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.35° / -3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.87° / 5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.54° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.