The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 15, 2054
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
6:15 PM
8:09 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1632
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 | 189.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 341.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 16m / 19.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.86° / -3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.95° / 5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.73° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.