The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 16, 2067
Waxing Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 PM
3:42 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1793
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 | 132.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 44.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 17m / 16.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.50° / 2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.39° / -2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.28° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.