The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 15, 1940
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 PM
8:08 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 222
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 | 190.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 340.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 17m / 18.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.12° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.28° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.