The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 17, 1911
Waning Crescent
7.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 AM
2:59 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -137
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 | 327.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.6° / 208.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 18m / -20.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.39° / -1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / 3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.94° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.