The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 14, 2069
Waxing Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 AM
6:19 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1818
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 160.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 17m / -18.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.14° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.73° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.24° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.