The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 14, 1961
First Quarter
48.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.7%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 482
Events on this date
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Mars behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.0° / 89.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 30m / -6.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.80° / -2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.48° / 4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.67° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.