The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 16, 2046
Waning Gibbous
88.3% 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
8:39 PM
10:19 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1533
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 | 220.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 311.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 28m / 18.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.91° / -0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / 1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.45° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.