The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Waning Gibbous
66.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 PM
12:19 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.0%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1236
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 | 251.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 285.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 31m / 14.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.12° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.06° / -5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.99° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| 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.