The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 14, 2008
Waning Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 PM
9:51 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1063
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 | 208.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 323.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 35m / 23.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.70° / 1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.50° / -1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.73° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.