The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 15, 2197
Waxing Crescent
43.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.8%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3401
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 | 82.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 90.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 04m / -0.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.91° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.40° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.15° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.