The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 15, 2125
Waning Gibbous
72.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 PM
11:11 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2510
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,800 km.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 288.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 51m / 8.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.20° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.21° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.21° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.