The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 14, 1973
Waning Gibbous
71.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 PM
11:15 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.7%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 630
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 | 244.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.3° / 287.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 50m / 8.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.84° / -4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.12° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.