The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 15, 2124
Waxing Gibbous
65.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 PM
1:32 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.6%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2498
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 | 108.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.7° / 68.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / 7.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.03° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.20° / -3.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.16° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| 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.