The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 16, 2179
Waning Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 PM
9:27 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3178
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.0° / 320.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 41m / 17.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.09° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.63° / 5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.63° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.