The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 14, 1928
Waxing Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 AM
7:06 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 74
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 | 27.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 146.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -25.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.64° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.72° / 6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.84° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.