The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 14, 1936
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 AM
5:53 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 173
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 164.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 04m / -22.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.81° / 0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.01° / 0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.52° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.