The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 15, 2133
Waning Gibbous
83.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 PM
11:12 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2609
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 | 227.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 307.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 00m / 22.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.13° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.22° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.61° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.