The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 15, 2154
Waxing Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 PM
3:48 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2869
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 43.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 18m / 16.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.72° / 2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / -2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.12° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.