The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 14, 1997
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:08 PM
7:55 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 927
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.2° / 343.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 01m / 18.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.33° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.35° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.