The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 17, 1951
Waning Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 PM
10:54 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 358
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 | 226.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 306.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 59m / 19.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.76° / 1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.41° / -1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.76° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.