The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 14, 2030
Waning Gibbous
80.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
10:39 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1335
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 | 231.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 298.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 03m / 11.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.65° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.05° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.37° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.