The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 15, 2098
Last Quarter
45.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 AM
12:55 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.8%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2176
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.8° / 262.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / 1.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.18° / 1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.19° / -0.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.18° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.