The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 15, 1905
Waning Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 PM
10:27 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -211
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 308.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 33m / 17.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.26° / -1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.90° / 2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.64° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.