The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 15, 2014
Waning Crescent
39.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 AM
1:06 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.0%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1137
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 | 282.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.6° / 254.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 22m / -3.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.47° / -0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / 2.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.77° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.