The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 16, 2075
Waxing Gibbous
71.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 PM
1:59 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.8%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1892
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 | 115.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.0° / 64.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 24m / 3.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.63° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.18° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.89° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.3° |
| 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.