The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 14, 1904
First Quarter
48.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.1%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -223
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.9° / 89.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 24m / -4.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.02° / -0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.12° / 1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.89° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.