The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 16, 1948
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 PM
8:19 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 321
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 349.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 55m / 27.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.84° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.89° / -4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.84° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 50.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.