The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 17, 1959
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 PM
9:18 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 457
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 | 207.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.3° / 322.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 34m / 17.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.47° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.03° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.18° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.