The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 15, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
63.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 PM
1:19 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.2%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 853
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 | 105.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.9° / 70.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / 8.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.43° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.84° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.44° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.