The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 16, 2038
Waning Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 PM
11:34 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1434
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 | 236.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 297.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 42m / 18.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.68° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.83° / -4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.07° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.