The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 15, 2035
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 PM
8:06 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1397
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,700 km.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 341.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 14m / 19.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.28° / -4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.35° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.94° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.