The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 14, 1902
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 PM
6:51 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -248
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 359.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 58m / 18.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.37° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.13° / 6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.44° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 227.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.