The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 15, 1919
Waning Crescent
35.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 AM
1:04 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.8%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -38
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 | 286.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.9° / 250.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / -7.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.38° / -3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.37° / 5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.93° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.