The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 15, 2008
Waning Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 PM
10:32 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1063
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 | 222.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 309.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 36m / 18.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.51° / 0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.03° / 0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.86° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.