The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 17, 1948
Waning Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 PM
9:21 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 321
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 | 197.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 335.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 58m / 27.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.81° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.16° / -5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.96° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.0° |
| 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.