The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 16, 2170
Waxing Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 PM
1:09 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3067
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 | 105.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 74.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 44m / 0.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.17° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.15° / 5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.16° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.