The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 17, 1933
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 AM
5:39 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 136
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.3° / 164.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 17m / -27.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.74° / -3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.82° / 5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.12° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.