The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 14, 1930
Waning Crescent
29.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 AM
1:42 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.7%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 98
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.8° / 244.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -5.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.13° / 0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.43° / 0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.22° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.