The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 17, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
64.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 PM
1:23 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.4%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 346
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 | 106.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 70.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 41m / 6.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.83° / 1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.72° / -1.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.61° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.