The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 14, 1981
Waning Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 PM
10:51 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 729
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.1° / 306.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 47m / 19.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.88° / 1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.18° / -0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.52° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.