The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 14, 2018
Waxing Crescent
42.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 PM
11:59 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.6%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1187
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 4.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.7° / 96.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 07m / -9.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.01° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.74° / 5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.43° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.