The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 15, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
67.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
1:34 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.8%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1657
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 69.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 04m / 1.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.26° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.96° / 7.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.67° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.