The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 14, 2124
Waxing Gibbous
55.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 PM
12:33 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.9%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2498
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.5° / 79.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 52m / 3.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.54° / 4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.47° / -4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.31° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.