The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 15, 2068
Waning Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1805
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 | 260.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.6° / 273.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 57m / 1.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.92° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.76° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.11° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.