The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 17, 1940
Waning Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 PM
9:42 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 222
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 | 214.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.7° / 314.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 06m / 15.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.41° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.12° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.54° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.