The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 14, 2079
Waning Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1941
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 | 262.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.4° / 274.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 12m / 8.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.79° / 2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.20° / -2.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.21° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.