The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 15, 2019
Waning Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 PM
10:50 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1199
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 | 224.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.1° / 309.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 43m / 20.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.59° / 2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.50° / -2.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.12° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.