The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 15, 1997
Waning Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 PM
8:49 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 927
Events on this date
-
Mars, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 3.6° of each other in the sky.
-
Mars, Neptune, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 8.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 199.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 330.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 58m / 18.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.75° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.48° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.