The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 14, 2144
Waning Gibbous
82.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 PM
10:33 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2745
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.1° / 300.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 57m / 12.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.23° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.17° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.87° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.