The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 16, 2049
Waning Gibbous
57.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.4%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1570
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 | 261.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.3° / 271.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 04m / 0.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.78° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.36° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.46° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.