The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 16, 2083
Waxing Gibbous
56.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 PM
12:40 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.8%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1991
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 | 97.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.8° / 77.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 02m / 5.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.66° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.73° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.50° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.