The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 16, 2143
Waxing Gibbous
72.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
2:17 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.4%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2733
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.9° / 61.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 14m / 9.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.90° / 1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.61° / -1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.35° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.