The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 16, 2198
Waning Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 PM
9:41 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3413
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 315.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 01m / 15.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.19° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.71° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.41° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.