The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 17, 1960
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 AM
4:53 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 469
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 | 349.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.4° / 184.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 59m / -17.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.37° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.41° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.02° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.