The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 15, 1913
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 PM
9:55 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -112
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 327.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 25m / 26.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.05° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.47° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.06° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.