The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 23, 1915
Waning Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 PM
9:30 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -87
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.6° / 327.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 46m / 22.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.34° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.34° / -0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.59° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.