The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 15, 2174
Waning Gibbous
55.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.3%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3116
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 | 264.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 271.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 14m / 4.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.88° / -0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.41° / 1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.04° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.