The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 15, 2136
Waning Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2646
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 | 259.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 276.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 01m / 7.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.46° / 1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.77° / -0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.61° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.