The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 17, 1928
Waxing Crescent
25.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 AM
10:13 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.9%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 74
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 | 60.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 114.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 02m / -17.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.42° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.27° / 7.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.30° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.