The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 20, 2014
Waning Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 AM
4:19 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1137
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 342.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 192.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 40m / -18.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.91° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.62° / -4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.67° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.