The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 15, 2049
Waning Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 PM
11:27 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1570
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 | 250.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.3° / 281.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 19m / 4.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.85° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.15° / 7.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.30° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.