The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 16, 2106
Waning Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2275
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 | 259.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.6° / 274.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 52m / 2.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.35° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.98° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.55° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.