The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 15, 2059
Waxing Gibbous
86.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 PM
3:49 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1694
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 | 136.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 41.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 31m / 14.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.90° / -0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.36° / 1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.81° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.