The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 17, 1965
Waning Crescent
25.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 AM
2:03 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.8%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 531
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 | 299.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 240.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -6.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.63° / 3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / -3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.24° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.