The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 16, 2162
Waxing Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 PM
3:03 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2968
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 | 125.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 52.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 53m / 12.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.44° / 0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.65° / 0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.56° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.