The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 15, 2090
Waning Crescent
33.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 AM
1:38 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.1%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2077
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 249.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 56m / -3.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.17° / 2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.38° / -2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.80° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.