The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 16, 2095
Waning Gibbous
68.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 PM
12:10 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.5%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2139
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.4° / 288.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 29m / 15.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.33° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.29° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.