The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 15, 2192
Waxing Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 PM
4:05 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3339
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,000 km.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 39.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 32m / 18.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.75° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.07° / -4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.53° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.