The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 15, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
59.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 PM
1:48 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.9%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 247
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 | 101.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 67.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / -1.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.33° / -3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.43° / 4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.81° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.