The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 14, 1944
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 AM
5:41 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 271
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.5° / 169.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 41m / -19.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.28° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.31° / -3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.28° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.