The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 15, 2190
Waning Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 PM
10:59 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3314
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 | 222.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.4° / 311.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 42m / 23.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.79° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.44° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.86° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.