The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 15, 1962
Waning Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 PM
11:14 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 494
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.8° / 299.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 20m / 17.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.01° / 1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.34° / -1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.86° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.