The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 21, 1915
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 PM
8:09 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -87
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 350.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 03m / 26.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.62° / 3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.53° / -3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.33° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 36.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.