The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 14, 1901
Waxing Crescent
12.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 AM
8:44 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.0%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -260
Events on this date
-
Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn gathered
All within 1.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.2° / 129.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 13m / -14.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.24° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.36° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.98° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.