The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 15, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 PM
5:18 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -50
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,100 km.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.0° / 24.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 27m / 20.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.63° / 1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.37° / -1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.48° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.