The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 15, 2101
Waning Crescent
30.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 AM
1:11 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.9%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2213
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.0° / 244.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -10.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.17° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.00° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.07° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.