The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 14, 1974
Waxing Crescent
1.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 AM
6:15 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.1%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 643
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 11.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.4° / 159.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 18m / -21.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.12° / 2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.09° / -2.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.08° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.