The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 18, 1915
Waxing Gibbous
92.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 PM
5:22 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.9%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -87
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 26.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 25m / 23.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.01° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.58° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.07° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.