The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 17, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 PM
2:29 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -223
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.0° / 59.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 40m / 6.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.67° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.93° / 5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.44° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.