The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 17, 1910
Waning Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 PM
9:19 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -149
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 | 197.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 335.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 56m / 27.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.38° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.78° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.35° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.