The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 15, 1966
Waxing Crescent
13.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 AM
8:34 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.9%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 544
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 | 43.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.8° / 130.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 42m / -23.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.71° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / 7.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.20° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.