The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 14, 2156
Waxing Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 AM
6:59 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2894
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 148.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 18m / -25.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.63° / -3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.18° / 5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.92° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.