The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 14, 1938
Waning Crescent
43.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 AM
12:44 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.0%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 197
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 258.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 55m / -3.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.31° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.23° / 5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.57° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.