The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 15, 2036
Waning Crescent
4.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 AM
4:04 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.2%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1409
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.4° / 199.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 01m / -15.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.29° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.23° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.68° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.