The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 15, 2158
Waning Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 AM
1:39 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2918
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 232.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 38m / -15.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.38° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.98° / 7.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.33° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| 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.