The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 14, 2106
Waning Gibbous
80.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 PM
10:38 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2275
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 | 232.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 298.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 03m / 11.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.72° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.65° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.26° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.