The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 21, 2114
Waning Crescent
24.5% 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
2:36 AM
2:00 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2374
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 237.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 57m / -8.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.27° / 2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.71° / -2.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.73° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.