The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 16, 2086
Waxing Gibbous
83.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 PM
3:32 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2028
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 | 131.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 45.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 13m / 15.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.50° / 2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.18° / -2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.47° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.