The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 15, 2072
Waxing Crescent
32.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 AM
11:07 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.9%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1855
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 | 69.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.2° / 104.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 25m / -10.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.40° / -0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.30° / 0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.93° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| 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.