The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 17, 1925
Waxing Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 AM
7:24 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 37
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,700 km.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 144.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 33m / -21.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.61° / 0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.15° / 0.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.44° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.