The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 15, 1934
Waxing Gibbous
73.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 PM
2:28 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.9%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 148
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 | 118.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.1° / 58.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 12m / 13.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.66° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.73° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.71° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.