The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 15, 1914
Waning Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 AM
3:29 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -100
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.9° / 194.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 01m / -25.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.35° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.69° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.70° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.