The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 15, 1910
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 PM
6:51 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -149
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,900 km.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.0° / 5.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 42m / 24.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.21° / 2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.19° / -1.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.90° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.