The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 16, 2073
Waning Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:20 PM
9:18 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1867
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 325.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 26m / 19.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.07° / -2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.21° / 3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.66° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.