The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 16, 2084
Waning Gibbous
82.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 PM
10:38 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2003
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 301.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 08m / 13.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.41° / -2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.89° / 4.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.02° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.