The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 16, 2114
Waning Gibbous
74.0% 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
10:18 PM
11:52 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.0%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2374
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 | 241.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.4° / 294.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 59m / 17.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.69° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.80° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.94° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.