The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 15, 1957
Waning Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 AM
1:15 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 432
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 | 289.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.8° / 248.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / -7.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.70° / -2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.27° / 3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.54° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.