The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 15, 2076
Waning Gibbous
75.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 PM
11:45 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.5%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1904
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.6° / 296.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 52m / 18.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.96° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.28° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.48° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.