The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 14, 2063
Waning Crescent
29.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 AM
1:22 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.0%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1743
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.7° / 242.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / -10.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.81° / -3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.04° / 5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.46° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.