The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 15, 2000
Waning Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 PM
11:38 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 964
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 | 239.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 295.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 49m / 16.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.71° / 3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.58° / -3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.45° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.