The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 15, 2082
Waning Crescent
20.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:06 AM
1:43 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1978
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 | 305.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.0° / 231.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 44m / -15.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.95° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.12° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.45° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.