The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Waxing Crescent
19.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 AM
9:45 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.7%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1150
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 | 52.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.5° / 118.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 09m / -12.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.85° / 3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.60° / -3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.34° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.