The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 15, 2066
Waning Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 AM
3:50 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1780
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.6° / 193.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 14m / -23.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.83° / -2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.95° / 3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.77° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.0° |
| 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.