The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 15, 2086
Waxing Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 PM
2:21 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2028
Events on this date
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Mercury 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 | 117.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.0° / 59.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 16m / 11.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.06° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.98° / -3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.61° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.