The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 14, 1959
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:12 PM
6:57 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 457
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.4° / 358.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 04m / 17.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.61° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.25° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.21° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 218.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.