The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 14, 1946
Waning Gibbous
58.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 PM
12:46 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.0%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 296
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 | 260.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.8° / 277.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 05m / 11.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.97° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.33° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.94° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.