The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 14, 1926
Waxing Gibbous
76.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 PM
2:25 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.4%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 49
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 | 121.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.1° / 58.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 4.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.89° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.63° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.23° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.