The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 15, 2063
Waning Crescent
19.4% 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
3:18 AM
1:50 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.4%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1743
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 228.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -16.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.79° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.94° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.64° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.