The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 15, 2159
Waxing Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 AM
10:46 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2931
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 | 64.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.3° / 107.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 54m / -8.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.79° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.39° / -4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.78° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.