The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 17, 1903
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 AM
4:38 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -236
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 | 346.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.4° / 188.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 40m / -17.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.96° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.69° / -5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.61° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.