The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 15, 2095
Waning Gibbous
77.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 PM
11:39 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.5%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2139
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 | 236.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 298.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 39m / 19.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.61° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.91° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.14° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| 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.