The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 15, 1984
Last Quarter
49.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.4%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 766
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.2° / 268.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / 6.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.78° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.38° / -5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.72° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.