The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 14, 1982
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 AM
4:47 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 741
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.4° / 181.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 55m / -20.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.93° / 1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.40° / -1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.23° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.