The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 15, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:43 PM
3:38 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 989
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 | 134.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 44.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 24m / 11.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.56° / -2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.54° / 4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.02° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.