The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 15, 1987
Waning Crescent
28.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 AM
1:32 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.9%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 803
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.8° / 242.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -8.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.34° / -1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.99° / 3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.61° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.