The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 16, 2024
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 PM
9:23 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1261
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 | 197.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 335.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 57m / 27.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.64° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.32° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.81° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.