The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 16, 2160
Waning Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:01 PM
10:08 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2943
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 307.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 35m / 14.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.53° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.23° / 6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.95° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| 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.