The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 14, 2055
Waning Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 AM
2:47 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1644
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 | 310.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.5° / 229.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 13m / -7.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.65° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.50° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.12° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.