The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 14, 1906
Waning Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 AM
4:31 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -199
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 2.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.4° / 190.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 21m / -17.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.40° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.57° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.19° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.