The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 15, 2115
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 AM
4:36 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2386
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 178.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 08m / -25.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.25° / -2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.60° / 4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.53° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.