The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 14, 2120
Waning Crescent
35.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 AM
12:58 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.8%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2448
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 | 286.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.9° / 249.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / -8.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.64° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.69° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.