The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 15, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
59.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 PM
12:43 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.9%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 482
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 78.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / -1.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.82° / -3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.27° / 5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.51° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.