The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 17, 1920
Waxing Crescent
41.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.2%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -25
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 | 79.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 93.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 59m / -2.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.19° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.99° / -4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.66° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.