The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 14, 2006
Waning Crescent
30.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 AM
1:25 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.9%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1038
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 | 292.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.7° / 245.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -7.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.24° / -2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.10° / 3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.23° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.