The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 15, 2075
Waxing Gibbous
61.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
12:54 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.9%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1892
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 76.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 36m / -1.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.51° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.25° / 7.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.04° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.