The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 14, 1950
Waxing Crescent
34.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 PM
11:15 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.4%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 346
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.5° / 104.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 25m / -11.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.79° / -1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.40° / 3.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.09° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.