The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 15, 2160
Waning Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:49 PM
9:27 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2943
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 | 208.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 321.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 37m / 18.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.03° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.50° / 5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.81° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.