The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 14, 2184
Waxing Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:15 PM
4:02 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3240
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 | 140.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 38.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 52m / 11.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.87° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.20° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.08° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.