The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 14, 1989
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 PM
9:50 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 828
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 | 207.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.7° / 325.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 27m / 24.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.79° / 2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / -2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.92° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.