The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 15, 1950
Waxing Crescent
44.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.6%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 346
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 92.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 13m / -5.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.85° / -0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.23° / 1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.92° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.