The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 14, 1951
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 PM
9:07 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 358
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 | 194.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 338.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 28m / 27.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.28° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.81° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.36° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.