The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 15, 2033
Waning Crescent
31.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 AM
1:36 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.1%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1372
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 246.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 01m / -5.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.38° / 0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.31° / -0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.57° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.