The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 14, 2127
Waxing Gibbous
85.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 PM
3:42 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2535
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune 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 | 135.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.5° / 44.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 26m / 10.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.56° / -3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.04° / 5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.46° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| 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.