The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 15, 2145
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 AM
7:12 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2758
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.4° / 149.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 02m / -17.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.82° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.53° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.19° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.