The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 15, 2018
First Quarter
52.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.2%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1187
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 92.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.1° / 86.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 53m / -5.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.07° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.87° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.27° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.