The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 16, 1950
First Quarter
54.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 PM
12:21 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.8%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 346
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 | 95.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 81.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 57m / 0.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.50° / 0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.64° / 0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.76° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.