The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 14, 2033
Waning Crescent
40.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 AM
1:06 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.1%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1372
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.7° / 256.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 16m / -2.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.58° / -0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.69° / 1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.40° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.