The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 16, 2151
Waxing Gibbous
55.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 PM
12:16 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.1%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2832
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 | 95.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.6° / 83.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 08m / -4.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.14° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.67° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.96° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.