The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 16, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 PM
5:26 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1224
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 | 153.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 22.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 44m / 19.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.17° / -0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.52° / 1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.11° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.0° |
| 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.