The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 15, 1909
Waxing Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 AM
7:47 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -161
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 | 34.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.3° / 139.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -24.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.43° / -4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.88° / 6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.46° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.