The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 16, 2081
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 PM
8:33 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1966
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 | 186.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 346.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 09m / 28.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.90° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.73° / -5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.08° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.