The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 15, 2080
Waxing Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 AM
9:11 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1954
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.2° / 124.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 10m / -20.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.82° / -3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.35° / 5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.57° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.