The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 17, 1900
Waning Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 AM
2:08 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -273
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.7° / 226.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 12m / -15.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.20° / -2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.05° / 3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.64° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.