The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 15, 2130
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 PM
8:18 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2572
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 | 189.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 341.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 15m / 21.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.43° / -1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.17° / 2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.61° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.