The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 16, 2121
First Quarter
44.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.9%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2461
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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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 | 83.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.7° / 89.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 11m / -0.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.64° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.46° / -5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.06° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| 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.