The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 14, 2167
Waxing Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 AM
7:55 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3030
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.1° / 137.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 55m / -20.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.60° / -0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.88° / 0.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.61° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.