The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 15, 1959
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 PM
7:47 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 457
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 | 185.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 345.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 54m / 18.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.51° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.57° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.92° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 136.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.