The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 14, 1925
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 AM
4:31 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 36
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.0° / 189.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 26m / -17.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.51° / 3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.64° / -4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.98° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.