The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 15, 2135
Waxing Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 PM
3:04 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2634
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 51.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 48m / 12.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.55° / 1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.56° / -0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.90° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.