The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 17, 1907
Waxing Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 PM
5:36 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -186
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 | 157.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 18.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 02m / 17.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.85° / -3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.05° / 5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.62° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.