The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 16, 2113
Waxing Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
12:31 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2362
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 | 99.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 80.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 24m / -3.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.21° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.40° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.42° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| 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.