The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 15, 2060
Waning Crescent
40.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 AM
1:13 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.6%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1706
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.1° / 257.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / -0.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.46° / 1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.76° / -1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.73° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.