The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 15, 1974
Waxing Crescent
4.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 AM
7:13 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.1%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 643
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 | 23.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.0° / 147.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 10m / -19.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.45° / 3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.28° / -3.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.89° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.