The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 14, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 PM
5:05 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1125
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 | 150.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 26.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 24m / 17.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.02° / -1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / 2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.81° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.