The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 15, 2103
Waning Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:16 PM
9:22 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2238
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 | 204.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 326.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 15m / 21.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.57° / -1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / 2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.40° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.