The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 15, 1951
Waning Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 PM
9:50 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 358
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 327.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 21m / 25.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.15° / 3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.55° / -3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.49° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.