The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 16, 2094
Waxing Gibbous
71.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
1:55 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.6%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2127
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 | 115.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 64.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 24m / 3.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.76° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.14° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.09° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.