The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 14, 2000
Waning Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:01 PM
10:53 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 964
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 | 226.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 307.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 49m / 20.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.14° / 2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.24° / -1.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.32° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.