The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 15, 2012
Waxing Crescent
8.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 AM
8:11 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.2%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1113
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 | 32.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 136.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 53m / -16.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.02° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.55° / -5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.28° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.