The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 16, 2163
Waning Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 PM
11:21 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2980
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 | 245.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.2° / 286.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 05m / 8.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.38° / -3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.38° / 5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.81° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.