The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 17, 1936
Waxing Crescent
13.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 AM
9:00 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.7%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 173
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 | 43.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.4° / 126.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 41m / -14.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.76° / 3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.48° / -3.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.96° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.