The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 16, 2125
Waning Gibbous
61.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 PM
11:47 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.6%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2510
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 | 256.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.5° / 276.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 46m / 3.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.41° / -3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.17° / 5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.36° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.