The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 15, 2161
Waning Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 AM
4:14 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2955
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 | 343.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.1° / 191.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -20.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.86° / 1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.37° / -0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.48° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.