The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 14, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
85.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
3:49 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.2%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 655
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 | 134.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 43.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 16m / 15.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.72° / 1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.67° / -0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.36° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.