The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 14, 2170
Waxing Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3067
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.7° / 95.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 18m / -10.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.31° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.66° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.48° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.