The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 15, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 PM
5:11 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 185
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 | 150.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 25.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 25m / 19.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.93° / 1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.52° / -0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.69° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.