The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 17, 1966
Waxing Crescent
29.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 PM
10:41 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.9%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 544
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 | 66.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.9° / 110.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 21m / -15.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.37° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.53° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.85° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.