The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 16, 2030
Waning Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 PM
11:36 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1335
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 | 254.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.7° / 277.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 36m / 3.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.45° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.56° / 7.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.67° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.