The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 16, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
76.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 PM
2:33 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.4%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1657
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 | 121.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 58.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 49m / 5.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.30° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.52° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.