The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 15, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:39 PM
5:28 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 890
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 22.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 42m / 18.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.54° / -1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.59° / 2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.45° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.