The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 14, 2042
Waxing Crescent
4.7% 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
9:55 AM
6:50 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1484
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 149.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 18m / -27.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.29° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.79° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.38° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.