The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 14, 1941
Waning Crescent
19.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 AM
2:31 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 234
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 | 307.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.0° / 232.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 57m / -8.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.09° / 3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.35° / -3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.66° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.