The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 15, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 PM
3:24 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 284
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 | 133.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 46.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 22m / 9.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.43° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.24° / 6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.28° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.