The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 16, 2155
Last Quarter
54.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.1%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2881
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.5° / 270.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 23m / 3.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.89° / -0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / 0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.41° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.