The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 14, 2052
Waning Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 AM
1:31 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1607
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 | 289.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 249.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -4.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.65° / 0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.54° / -0.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.19° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.