The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 15, 2175
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 AM
7:13 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3129
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 | 26.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 145.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 30m / -24.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.40° / -2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.62° / 4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.10° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.