The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 17, 1944
Waxing Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:35 AM
8:19 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 272
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 | 25.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.8° / 133.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 31m / -22.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.05° / -0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.95° / 1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.15° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.