The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 16, 2087
Last Quarter
51.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.5%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2040
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 | 268.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.3° / 266.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 29m / -1.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.41° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.10° / 6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.90° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.