The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 15, 1947
Waxing Crescent
9.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 AM
7:47 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.2%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 309
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 | 35.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.5° / 138.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -25.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.89° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.40° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.03° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.