The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 14, 2145
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 AM
6:05 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 356,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2758
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,600 km.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Mercury, Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.3° / 164.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 58m / -18.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.54° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.29° / -5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.38° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.