The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 17, 1914
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 AM
5:35 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -99
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 164.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 14m / -27.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.21° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.49° / 6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.92° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.