The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 17, 1962
Waning Gibbous
61.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 PM
12:21 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.9%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 494
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 | 256.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 280.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 58m / 10.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.70° / 3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.62° / -3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.15° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.