The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 16, 1962
Waning Gibbous
71.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 PM
11:50 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.0%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 494
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.9° / 289.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 10m / 14.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.49° / 2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / -2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.00° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.