The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 15, 2048
Waxing Gibbous
82.1% 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
2:00 PM
3:30 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1558
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 | 129.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.4° / 47.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 03m / 16.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.31° / 3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.41° / -3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.08° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.