The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 17, 1916
Last Quarter
50.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 AM
12:13 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.6%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -75
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.1° / 264.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 34m / -2.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.94° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.50° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.33° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.