The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 14, 2071
Waning Crescent
41.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 AM
1:07 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.8%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1842
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 | 279.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.9° / 258.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / -0.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.33° / 0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.15° / -0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.83° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.