The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 15, 2186
Waxing Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 AM
9:30 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3265
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.5° / 121.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 20m / -18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.71° / -2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.14° / 4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.62° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.6° |
| 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.