The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 15, 1981
Waning Gibbous
75.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 PM
11:34 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.7%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 729
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 | 239.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 295.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 44m / 16.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.84° / 2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.91° / -2.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.66° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.