The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 16, 2040
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 PM
6:02 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1459
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 | 159.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.8° / 15.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 11m / 22.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.89° / 0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / -0.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.34° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.