The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 14, 1903
Waning Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 AM
2:36 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -236
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.2° / 228.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 04m / -9.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.24° / 2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.25° / -2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.06° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.