The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 15, 2188
Waning Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 AM
3:13 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3289
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 211.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 14m / -16.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.35° / 1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.12° / -1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.62° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.