The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 15, 1938
Waning Crescent
32.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 AM
1:16 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.6%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 197
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 | 290.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 246.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 46m / -8.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.64° / -2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.44° / 4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.74° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.