The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 14, 1985
Waxing Crescent
10.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 AM
7:58 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.1%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 779
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 | 36.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.4° / 137.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 10m / -25.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.26° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.65° / 7.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.59° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.