The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 15, 1924
Waning Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 PM
10:47 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 24
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 | 227.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.1° / 304.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 55m / 17.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.31° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.08° / 1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.44° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.