The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 16, 2035
Waning Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 PM
9:08 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1397
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.3° / 326.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 18m / 18.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.49° / -3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.60° / 5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.07° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| 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.