The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 15, 2037
Waxing Gibbous
60.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 PM
12:49 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.4%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1422
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 78.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 30m / -2.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.95° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.83° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.47° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.