The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 15, 1992
Waning Gibbous
62.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 PM
11:39 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.5%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 865
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 | 255.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 277.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 37m / 3.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.58° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.88° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.07° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| 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.