The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 15, 2200
Waxing Gibbous
66.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 PM
1:27 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.0%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3438
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.3° / 69.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 43m / 5.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.03° / 0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.31° / 0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.26° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| 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.