The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 14, 1987
Waning Crescent
38.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 AM
1:11 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.3%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 803
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 | 283.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.6° / 254.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / -2.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.80° / -0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.36° / 1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.44° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.