The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 15, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
89.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 PM
4:25 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1224
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.4° / 35.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 57m / 15.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.34° / -1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.97° / 2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.25° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| 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.