The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 14, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
87.8% 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
2:57 PM
4:01 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.8%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1595
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 | 139.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 39.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 39m / 13.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.73° / -1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.34° / 3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.35° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.