The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 15, 2064
First Quarter
50.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 PM
12:03 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.6%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1756
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 84.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 36m / 1.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.10° / 3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.36° / -4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.30° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.