The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 15, 2139
Waning Crescent
28.2% 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
2:19 AM
1:18 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.2%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Corvus
- Lunation number
- 2683
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.8° / 240.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -12.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.38° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.08° / 7.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.51° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.