The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 17, 1938
Waning Crescent
15.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 AM
2:26 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.1%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 197
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 223.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 27m / -15.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.44° / -0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.97° / 1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.08° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.