The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 15, 2132
First Quarter
48.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.9%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2597
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 90.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 41m / -7.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.57° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.05° / 7.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.78° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.