The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 15, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
57.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 PM
12:37 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.5%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -223
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 | 98.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 79.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 09m / -0.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.81° / -1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.32° / 2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.73° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.