The Moon
From Cambridge , the Moon is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 16:31 (EST), 9° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:22, 75° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 06:24, when it sinks below 7° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
The Moon
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Object type
Moon
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| Computed for: | 15 December 2024 |
| Right ascension: | 05h19m [1] |
| Declination: | +27°46' [1] |
| Constellation: | Taurus |
| Magnitude: | -12.76 (V) [1] |
| Angular diameter: | 1944.5 arcsec[1] |
| Distance: | 0.00 AU 0.02 lightmin [1] |
| Angular motion (speed): | 14.67 deg/day[1] |
| Angular motion (pos ang): | 81.5° |
Embed the Moon's phase in your website
You can embed the Moon's phase in your website. Simply configure the options below, and paste the grey HTML code into your website.
This widget has a transparent background and no border to give you maximum flexibility to integrate it into the design of your website.
All times shown in Cambridge local time.
| 15 Nov 2024 | – Full Moon |
| 22 Nov 2024 | – Moon at Last Quarter |
| 26 Nov 2024 | – The Moon at apogee |
| 01 Dec 2024 | – New Moon |
| 02 Dec 2024 | – The Moon at perihelion |
| 08 Dec 2024 | – Moon at First Quarter |
| 12 Dec 2024 | – The Moon at perigee |
| 14 Dec 2024 | – The Moon at aphelion |