The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 20, 1915
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 PM
7:19 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -87
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 2.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 10m / 26.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.78° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.88° / -4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.80° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.