The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 14, 1971
Waning Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 AM
2:38 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 605
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 211.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 52m / -21.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.99° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.00° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.74° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.