The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 15, 1900
Waning Crescent
33.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 AM
1:07 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.8%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -273
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.4° / 247.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / -8.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.42° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.44° / 5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.29° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.