The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 15, 2006
Waning Crescent
22.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 AM
1:47 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.5%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1038
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 233.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -13.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.14° / -2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.34° / 4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.40° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.