The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 15, 1936
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 AM
6:53 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 173
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.8° / 151.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 57m / -21.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.26° / 1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.71° / -1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.33° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.