The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 17, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
57.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 PM
12:38 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.3%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 111
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 | 98.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.2° / 79.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 11m / 1.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.04° / 0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.18° / 0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.39° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.