The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 14, 2040
Waxing Gibbous
86.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:43 PM
3:49 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1459
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 42.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 30m / 13.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.46° / -1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.13° / 2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.61° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.