The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 PM
2:03 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1088
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 | 113.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.9° / 63.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 54m / 11.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.87° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.61° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.64° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.