The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 15, 1973
Waning Gibbous
61.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.1%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 630
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 | 257.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.9° / 275.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 42m / 2.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.87° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.36° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.27° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.