The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 17, 1908
Waning Crescent
33.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 AM
1:49 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.0%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -174
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 | 290.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 249.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -1.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.49° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.33° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.98° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.