The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 17, 1905
Waning Gibbous
69.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 PM
11:46 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.3%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -211
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 | 247.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.6° / 287.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 19m / 11.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.50° / 0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.13° / -0.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.93° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.