The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 14, 2194
Waxing Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 AM
6:48 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3364
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury 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 | 22.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.2° / 150.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 07m / -24.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.19° / -2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.89° / 3.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.47° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.