The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 15, 1916
Waning Gibbous
69.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 PM
11:28 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.3%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -75
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.0° / 285.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 07m / 7.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.84° / -3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.28° / 5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.02° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.