The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 16, 2135
Waxing Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 PM
4:05 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2634
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 | 137.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.7° / 40.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 33m / 17.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.35° / 2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / -1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.76° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.