The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 17, 1909
Waxing Crescent
24.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 AM
10:06 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.6%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -161
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 | 59.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.6° / 116.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 54m / -18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.40° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.11° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.11° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.