The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 14, 1990
Waning Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 AM
3:06 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 840
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 | 333.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 202.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 29m / -23.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.68° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.60° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.56° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.