The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 15, 1907
Waxing Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 PM
3:32 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -186
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 | 134.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.3° / 45.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 24m / 9.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.73° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.41° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.89° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.