The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 14, 2142
Waning Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 AM
3:15 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2720
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 | 329.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.5° / 206.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 19m / -19.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.49° / -0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.34° / 1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.47° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.