The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 15, 1960
Waning Crescent
10.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 AM
3:17 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.6%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 469
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.4° / 216.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 00m / -12.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.11° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / -5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.64° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.