The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 17, 1949
Waning Crescent
6.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 AM
3:05 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.0%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 333
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 331.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 204.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 36m / -22.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.23° / -3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / 5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.56° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.