The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 14, 1922
Waning Crescent
18.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 AM
2:35 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.2%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -1
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,000 km.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.3° / 229.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 02m / -9.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.65° / 2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.44° / -3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.85° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.