The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 14, 1911
Waning Crescent
30.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 AM
1:46 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.0%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -137
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 245.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -4.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.27° / 1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.82° / -0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.40° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.