The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 15, 1935
Waning Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 PM
11:23 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 160
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 | 245.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.8° / 286.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 58m / 8.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.72° / -3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.59° / 5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.66° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.