The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 15, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% 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
3:45 PM
5:12 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1595
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,700 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 23.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 40m / 16.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.54° / -2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.17° / 4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.22° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.