The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 19, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
62.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
1:05 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.2%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1150
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 73.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 44m / 3.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.50° / -1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.80° / 2.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.69° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.