The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 15, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
56.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 PM
12:25 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.0%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 12
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 | 96.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 81.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 01m / -2.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.43° / -2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.28° / 3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.10° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.