The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 15, 2078
Waxing Gibbous
84.9% 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
2:32 PM
3:39 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1929
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 | 134.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 43.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 24m / 14.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.34° / -0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.40° / 0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.01° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| 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.