The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 15, 2181
Waxing Gibbous
75.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
2:34 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.6%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3203
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 | 120.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.0° / 57.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 32m / 9.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.80° / 0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.02° / 0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.93° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.