The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 14, 1954
Waning Gibbous
73.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:35 PM
11:12 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.6%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 395
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 | 241.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.8° / 290.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 40m / 9.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.02° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.84° / 5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.33° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.