The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 17, 1929
Waning Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 PM
9:20 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 86
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 335.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 57m / 27.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.60° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.18° / -4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.15° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.