The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 15, 2071
Waning Crescent
31.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 AM
1:42 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.4%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1842
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 | 291.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.7° / 247.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 01m / -4.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.80° / 1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / -1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.00° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.