The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 16, 2076
Waning Gibbous
67.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 PM
12:14 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.0%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1904
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 286.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 38m / 14.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.85° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.99° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.63° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.