The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 14, 2074
Waning Crescent
18.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:06 AM
2:43 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.4%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1879
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.0° / 230.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -7.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.59° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.76° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.93° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.