The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 14, 2057
Waning Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:18 PM
10:40 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1669
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 | 219.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.1° / 313.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 24m / 22.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.91° / 3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.36° / -3.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.56° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.