The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
90.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 PM
4:30 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1150
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 33.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 32m / 14.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.33° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.27° / 6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.27° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.