The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 14, 2153
Waning Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 AM
4:06 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2856
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,800 km.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 186.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 36m / -25.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.00° / -3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.08° / 5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.96° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.