The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 14, 2182
Waning Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 PM
10:44 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3215
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 298.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 06m / 12.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.27° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.69° / 5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.30° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| 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.