The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 15, 2105
Waxing Gibbous
61.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 PM
1:08 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.9%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2263
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 | 103.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.3° / 72.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 20m / 6.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.22° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.77° / -4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.95° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.