The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 15, 1921
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 PM
7:56 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -13
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 | 187.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.2° / 343.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 05m / 18.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.09° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.85° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.48° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 360.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.