The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 15, 2109
Last Quarter
45.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 AM
1:00 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.9%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2312
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury 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 | 274.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 263.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / 2.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.46° / 1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.16° / -1.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.44° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| 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.