The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 14, 2173
Waxing Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 PM
2:59 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3104
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 | 125.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 52.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 13.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.62° / 2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / -2.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.47° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.