The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 17, 1935
Last Quarter
52.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.1%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 160
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.4° / 266.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 25m / -1.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.60° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.16° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.97° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.