The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 16, 2181
Waxing Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 PM
3:34 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3203
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 | 132.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 46.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 21m / 13.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.33° / -0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.28° / 2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.78° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.