The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 16, 1915
Waxing Gibbous
80.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 PM
3:18 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.2%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -87
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 49.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 48m / 16.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.89° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.91° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.34° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.