The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 14, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 PM
12:34 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1657
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 | 99.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 80.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 19m / -3.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.03° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.92° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.82° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.