The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 15, 2149
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 PM
8:28 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2807
Events on this date
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Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 340.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 24m / 22.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.55° / -0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.04° / 1.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.42° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.