The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 14, 2044
Waning Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:15 AM
1:51 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1508
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 | 307.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 229.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -15.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.67° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.00° / 6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.84° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.