The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 14, 2154
Waxing Gibbous
77.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 PM
2:45 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.2%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2869
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.0° / 55.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 33m / 11.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.54° / 1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.54° / -1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.26° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.