The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 14, 2059
Waxing Gibbous
77.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 PM
2:36 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1694
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,200 km.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 56.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 38m / 8.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.71° / -1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.46° / 3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.94° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.