The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 15, 2166
Waning Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 AM
1:34 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3017
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 | 284.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.9° / 255.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / 0.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.48° / 4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.47° / -4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.67° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.