The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 15, 1902
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 PM
7:56 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 356,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -248
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,800 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 343.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 03m / 18.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.69° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.07° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.68° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.