The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 14, 1976
Last Quarter
47.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 AM
12:35 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.0%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 667
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 262.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 42m / -1.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.43° / -3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.07° / 4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.18° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.