The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 15, 2155
Waning Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 PM
12:06 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2881
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 | 254.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.9° / 281.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 40m / 9.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.94° / 0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.30° / -0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.25° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.