The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 17, 1906
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 AM
7:30 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -198
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 | 27.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.7° / 143.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -20.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.97° / 0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / -0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.24° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.