The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 14, 1960
Waning Crescent
18.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 AM
2:38 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.4%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 469
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 | 309.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 230.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -8.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.15° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.47° / -4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.46° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.