The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 14, 1957
Last Quarter
44.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 AM
12:40 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 432
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,300 km.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.8° / 260.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / -2.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.60° / -3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.30° / 5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.38° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.