The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 15, 1939
Waxing Crescent
21.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 AM
10:01 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.9%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 210
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 | 55.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.4° / 115.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 17m / -10.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.43° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.55° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.36° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.