The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 16, 2016
Waning Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 PM
9:58 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1162
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 | 217.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.2° / 313.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 15m / 16.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.22° / -2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.28° / 4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.39° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.