The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 15, 1912
Waxing Crescent
39.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 PM
11:45 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.5%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -124
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 | 77.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 99.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 54m / -9.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.11° / -2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.27° / 3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.35° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.