The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 14, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 PM
5:35 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 86
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 20.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 40m / 21.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.69° / 1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.23° / -0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.22° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.