The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 14, 2181
Waxing Gibbous
66.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 PM
1:32 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.3%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3203
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 69.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 42m / 6.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.02° / 1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.51° / -0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.07° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.