The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 14, 2068
Waning Gibbous
67.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 PM
11:24 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.7%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1805
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 | 249.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.7° / 282.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 12m / 5.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.82° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.80° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.96° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.