The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 15, 1908
Last Quarter
51.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.8%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -174
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 271.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 37m / 8.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.45° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.13° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.65° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.