The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 14, 2025
Waning Crescent
23.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 AM
1:41 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.9%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1273
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 | 301.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 235.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -12.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.62° / -3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.12° / 5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.03° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.