The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 14, 1909
Waxing Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 AM
6:44 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -161
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 150.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 03m / -25.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.26° / -3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / 4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.65° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.