The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 14, 2093
Waning Crescent
16.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 AM
2:48 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.7%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2114
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.4° / 227.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -8.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.57° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.92° / -5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.72° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.