The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 16, 2102
First Quarter
47.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:11 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.4%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2226
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 | 86.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.4° / 87.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 21m / 0.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.17° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.87° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.