The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Waning Crescent
0.7% 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
7:11 AM
4:20 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1075
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 183.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 53m / -25.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.90° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / 4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.55° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.