The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 14, 2007
Waxing Crescent
22.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 AM
9:57 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.7%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1051
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.7° / 117.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 27m / -16.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.05° / -0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.80° / 2.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.87° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.