The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 16, 2022
Last Quarter
46.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 AM
1:04 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.8%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1236
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.4° / 264.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / 3.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.53° / 3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.96° / -3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.30° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| 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.