The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 15, 1911
Waning Crescent
21.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 AM
2:08 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.2%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -137
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 | 305.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 233.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 44m / -10.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.85° / 0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.26° / 0.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.57° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.