The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 16, 1912
First Quarter
48.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.9%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -124
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.4° / 88.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 37m / -4.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.00° / -1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.60° / 2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.18° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.