The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 15, 2057
Waning Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 PM
11:17 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1669
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 | 230.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.1° / 303.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 14m / 20.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.78° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.70° / -4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.70° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.