The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 14, 2080
Waxing Crescent
10.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 AM
8:08 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.9%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1954
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 135.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 21m / -23.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.93° / -4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.59° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.75° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.