The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 14, 1916
Waning Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 PM
11:04 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -75
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 | 236.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.0° / 295.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 22m / 12.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.01° / -2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.91° / 4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.87° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.