The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 15, 2007
Waxing Crescent
32.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 AM
11:05 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.0%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1051
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 | 68.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.6° / 105.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 16m / -10.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.05° / 0.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.99° / 0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.70° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.