The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 15, 2142
Waning Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 AM
4:01 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2720
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 193.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 14m / -20.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.36° / 0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / 0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.66° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.