The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 15, 2047
Waning Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 AM
3:48 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1545
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,900 km.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 342.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.1° / 193.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 13m / -23.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.70° / -2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.13° / 4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.98° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.3° |
| 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.