The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 14, 1912
Waxing Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 PM
10:45 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -124
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 109.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 10m / -14.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.30° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.89° / 5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.51° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| 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.