The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 19, 2016
Waning Gibbous
63.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 PM
11:57 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.7%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1162
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 279.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 56m / 7.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.48° / 0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.86° / 0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.81° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.