The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 16, 2019
Waning Gibbous
77.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
11:33 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.1%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1199
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 | 237.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.7° / 297.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 41m / 17.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.62° / 3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.70° / -3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.26° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.