The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 15, 2088
Waxing Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 AM
7:49 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2053
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 | 29.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.0° / 140.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 39m / -16.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.73° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.34° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.24° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.