The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 17, 1901
Waxing Crescent
37.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 AM
11:50 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.8%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -260
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 97.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 42m / -3.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.84° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.14° / -5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.46° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.