The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 15, 2069
Waxing Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 AM
7:15 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1818
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 | 22.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 147.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -17.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.46° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.50° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.05° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.