The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 16, 2182
Waning Gibbous
63.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 PM
11:47 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.9%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3215
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 | 254.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.4° / 279.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 39m / 6.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.94° / -2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.03° / 3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.60° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| 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.