The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 31, 1915
Waning Crescent
27.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 AM
1:00 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.1%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -87
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.1° / 235.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -18.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.52° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.74° / 7.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.79° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.