The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 15, 1978
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 PM
8:21 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 692
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 | 193.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.7° / 337.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 28m / 18.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.69° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.41° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.70° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.