The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 14, 2149
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 PM
7:16 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2807
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 355.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 19m / 21.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.42° / -2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.23° / 3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.71° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 216.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.