The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 16, 2149
Waning Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 PM
9:32 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2807
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 | 205.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.1° / 326.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 29m / 22.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.42° / 0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / 0.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.55° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.