The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 15, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
71.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
2:07 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.0%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 618
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 | 114.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.4° / 61.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 01m / 12.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.61° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.67° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.09° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.