The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 17, 1941
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 AM
4:54 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 234
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,000 km.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.5° / 183.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 58m / -17.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.13° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.54° / -5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.22° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.