The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 14, 2185
Waning Crescent
41.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 AM
1:24 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.5%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3252
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.1° / 259.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / 2.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.10° / 4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.04° / -4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.32° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.