The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 17, 1902
Waning Gibbous
90.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 PM
9:46 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.2%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -248
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 | 216.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.5° / 313.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 09m / 15.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.12° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.92° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.94° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.