The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 14, 2163
Waning Gibbous
86.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 PM
10:14 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2980
Events on this date
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Neptune, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 2.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.7° / 306.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 30m / 14.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.28° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.10° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.52° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.