The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 16, 2065
Waning Gibbous
86.8% 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
8:53 PM
10:23 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1768
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 | 222.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.0° / 308.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 40m / 16.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.02° / -1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.07° / 3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.24° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.