The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 16, 2154
Waxing Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 PM
4:51 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2869
Events on this date
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Uranus 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 | 145.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.1° / 31.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 06m / 20.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.77° / 3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.24° / -3.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.98° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.