The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 15, 1995
Last Quarter
45.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 AM
12:43 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.3%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 902
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 | 275.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 260.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / -1.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.85° / -2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.83° / 3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.97° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.