The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 17, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
97.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 PM
5:55 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.2%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 284
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 14.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 19m / 19.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.20° / -2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.96° / 3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.02° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.