The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 16, 2037
Waxing Gibbous
69.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 PM
1:46 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.4%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1422
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 | 112.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 67.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 14m / 2.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.84° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.47° / 7.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.32° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.