The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 15, 1932
Waning Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 PM
10:05 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 123
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 | 209.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.7° / 323.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 41m / 25.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.67° / 3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.04° / -4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.85° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.