The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 17, 1946
Waning Crescent
28.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 AM
2:00 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.0%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 296
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 | 296.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 243.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 25m / -4.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.46° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.49° / -4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.42° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.