The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 15, 2182
Waning Gibbous
72.6% 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
10:38 PM
11:17 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.6%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3215
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.9° / 289.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 53m / 9.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.13° / -3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.64° / 5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.45° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.