The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 16, 1931
First Quarter
47.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.9%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 111
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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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 | 87.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 89.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / -4.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.20° / -0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.58° / 1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.55° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| 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.