The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 15, 2163
Waning Gibbous
78.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 PM
10:49 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.8%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2980
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.6° / 296.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 18m / 11.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.27° / -4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.31° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.66° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.