The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 16, 2032
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 PM
7:17 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1360
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 354.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 32m / 19.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.36° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.75° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 199.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.