The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 14, 1958
Waxing Crescent
19.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 AM
9:44 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.4%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 445
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 | 52.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.7° / 118.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 01m / -12.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.24° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.37° / -5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.74° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.