The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 15, 1976
Waning Crescent
35.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 AM
1:10 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.9%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 667
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 | 286.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.0° / 250.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / -5.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.34° / -1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.31° / 3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.34° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.