The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 15, 1964
Waxing Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 PM
3:26 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 519
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 | 132.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.7° / 46.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 23m / 10.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.74° / -3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.12° / 5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.48° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.