The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 14, 1939
Waxing Crescent
14.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 AM
9:04 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.5%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 210
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 | 44.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.4° / 125.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 30m / -13.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.30° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.55° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.54° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.