The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 14, 2128
Last Quarter
53.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.1%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2547
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.0° / 271.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 24m / 5.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.51° / 1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.14° / -1.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.08° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.