The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 PM
8:05 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1162
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 341.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 13m / 18.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.04° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.58° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.14° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.