The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 15, 1946
Last Quarter
47.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.5%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 296
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.9° / 266.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / 6.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.16° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.41° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.09° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.