The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 14, 2112
Waning Crescent
19.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 AM
2:36 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.7%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2349
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.3° / 232.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 00m / -7.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.44° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.08° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.35° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.