The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 15, 2148
Waxing Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 AM
9:41 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2795
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.1° / 119.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 23m / -16.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.86° / -1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.73° / 2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.07° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.