The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 15, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 PM
7:27 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 791
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 | 173.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.3° / 0.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 02m / 27.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.05° / 4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.39° / -4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.87° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.