The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 15, 2177
Waning Crescent
18.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 AM
1:52 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.4%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3153
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 | 309.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 227.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -17.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.60° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.07° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.13° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.