The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 14, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
60.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 PM
12:58 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.3%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 618
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.8° / 74.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 09m / 6.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.59° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.50° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.23° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.