The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 15, 2087
Waning Gibbous
61.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 PM
11:44 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.6%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2040
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 | 256.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.0° / 276.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 41m / 3.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.60° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.42° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.75° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| 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.