The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 17, 1927
Waning Crescent
34.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
1:45 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.2%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 61
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Mercury, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.9° / 251.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 57m / -0.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.47° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.64° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.63° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.