The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 15, 2112
Waning Crescent
12.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 AM
3:04 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.5%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2349
Events on this date
-
Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 220.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 47m / -11.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.73° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.89° / -4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.53° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.