The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 15, 2023
Waxing Crescent
9.7% 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
10:37 AM
7:56 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.7%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1249
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 | 35.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 137.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 11m / -25.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.44° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.53° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.99° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.