The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 15, 2031
Waxing Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 AM
6:58 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1348
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.4° / 151.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 51m / -18.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.02° / 4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.55° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.67° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.