The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 15, 2116
Waxing Gibbous
81.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 PM
3:14 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.1%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2399
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 49.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 59m / 12.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.27° / 0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.70° / -0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.54° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.