The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 14, 2099
Waxing Crescent
9.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 AM
7:50 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2189
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 138.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 03m / -24.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.68° / -4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.34° / 6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.14° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.