The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 16, 2119
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 PM
7:45 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2436
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.7° / 357.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 19m / 27.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.87° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.28° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.62° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 313.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.