The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 15, 2185
Waning Crescent
31.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 AM
1:53 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.7%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3252
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 | 291.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 248.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 06m / -1.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.81° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.64° / -5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.48° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.