The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 15, 1990
Waning Crescent
2.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 AM
3:47 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.1%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 840
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 190.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 20m / -25.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.53° / -4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.37° / 6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.75° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.