The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 17, 1915
Waxing Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
4:20 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -87
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.0° / 38.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 36m / 20.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.01° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.20° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.