The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 15, 2052
Waning Crescent
24.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 AM
2:02 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.8%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1607
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 238.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -7.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.87° / 2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.62° / -1.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.36° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.