The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 14, 1962
Waning Gibbous
87.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 PM
10:32 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.2%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 494
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 310.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 26m / 19.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.18° / 0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.75° / 0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.72° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.