The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 16, 2103
Waning Gibbous
90.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 PM
9:59 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2238
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 | 216.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 314.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 08m / 17.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.29° / -2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.19° / 3.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.53° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.