The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 15, 2017
Waning Crescent
6.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:07 AM
3:48 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.0%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1174
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.3° / 205.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 39m / -14.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.93° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.99° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.88° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.