The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Waning Crescent
29.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 AM
1:37 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.8%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1137
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 244.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -7.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.65° / 0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.40° / 0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.94° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| 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.