The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 12, 2015
Waxing Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 AM
6:40 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1150
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 155.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 23m / -18.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.58° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.55° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.89° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.