The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 14, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 PM
3:24 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1224
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 | 131.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.1° / 47.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 12m / 10.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.42° / -2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.32° / 3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.39° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.