The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 14, 2147
Waning Gibbous
55.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.1%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2782
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.5° / 273.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 14m / 7.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.64° / 2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.02° / -1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.70° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.