The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 17, 1957
Waning Crescent
14.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 AM
2:32 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.6%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 432
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 222.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 33m / -14.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.70° / 0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.00° / 0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.89° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.