The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 14, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 PM
2:39 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 989
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 | 123.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.9° / 56.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 41m / 6.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.69° / -3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.84° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.16° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.