The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 16, 2124
Waxing Gibbous
75.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 PM
2:33 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.0%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2498
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 | 119.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 57.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 29m / 11.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.87° / 2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.61° / -1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.01° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.