The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 14, 2004
Waxing Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 AM
8:05 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1014
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 | 37.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.1° / 136.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 16m / -25.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.52° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.76° / 7.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.80° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.