The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 14, 2168
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 PM
7:18 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3042
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 3:09 PM, is deepest at 4:53 PM and ends at 6:37 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 355.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 19m / 21.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.54° / -1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.85° / 2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.09° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 226.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.