The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 15, 2025
Waning Crescent
16.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 AM
2:05 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.4%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1273
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 | 312.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.7° / 224.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -17.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.50° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.88° / 6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.21° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.