The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 16, 2132
Waxing Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
12:39 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2597
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 79.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 28m / -2.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.59° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.20° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.62° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.