The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 14, 1984
Waning Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 PM
12:36 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 766
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 280.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 57m / 12.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.71° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.32° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.57° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.