The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 14, 2076
Waning Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 PM
11:12 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1904
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 | 228.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.7° / 306.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 03m / 21.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.99° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.50° / -4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.34° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.