The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 12, 2014
Waning Gibbous
67.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 PM
11:38 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.0%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1137
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 283.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 06m / 7.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.83° / -3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.52° / 5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.30° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.