The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 14, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
61.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 PM
1:04 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.7%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 383
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 | 103.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 72.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 14m / 6.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.87° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.02° / -5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.05° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.