The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 AM
6:11 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1212
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 | 13.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 158.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -24.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.07° / -1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.02° / 3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.94° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.