The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 15, 1965
Last Quarter
46.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 AM
1:12 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.8%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 531
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.9° / 265.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / 5.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.37° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / -5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.90° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.