The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 15, 2153
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 AM
5:02 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2857
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 171.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 42m / -27.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.00° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.03° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.15° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 338.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.