The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 14, 1979
Waning Crescent
22.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 AM
2:25 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.0%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 704
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 | 304.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 236.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 44m / -6.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.34° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.31° / -4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.08° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.