The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 15, 2030
Waning Gibbous
72.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 PM
11:08 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.6%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1335
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.7° / 288.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 49m / 7.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.93° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.93° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.52° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.