The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 16, 2092
Waning Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 PM
9:44 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2102
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 320.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 51m / 20.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.95° / -0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.57° / 1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.45° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.