The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 16, 2057
Waning Gibbous
73.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 PM
11:50 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.8%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1669
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 | 241.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.9° / 293.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 03m / 17.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.78° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.90° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.85° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.