The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 15, 2152
Waning Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 PM
11:07 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2844
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.3° / 308.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 55m / 22.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.79° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.30° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.43° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.6° |
| 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.