The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 15, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
94.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 PM
5:07 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.2%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1830
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 24.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 39m / 15.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.19° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.37° / 5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.42° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.