The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 15, 2091
Waxing Crescent
30.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 AM
10:51 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.4%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2090
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 | 66.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.1° / 107.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 12m / -11.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.73° / -0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.60° / 1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.30° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.