The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 15, 2011
Waning Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 PM
11:02 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1100
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 | 240.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.6° / 290.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 38m / 8.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.83° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.90° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.74° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.