The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 15, 2022
Waning Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1236
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 | 262.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.3° / 275.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 16m / 9.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.21° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.12° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.14° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.