The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 14, 2023
Waxing Crescent
4.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 AM
6:41 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.1%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1249
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 150.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 08m / -27.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.08° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.83° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.18° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.