The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 15, 1901
Waxing Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 AM
9:44 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -260
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 118.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 03m / -11.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.87° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.84° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.80° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.