The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 17, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
80.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 PM
2:57 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.0%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 482
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 | 126.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 52.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 08m / 7.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.49° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.51° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.22° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.0° |
| 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.