The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 20, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 PM
2:13 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1150
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.1° / 61.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 39m / 7.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.71° / -2.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.16° / 4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.54° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.