The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 17, 1967
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 PM
8:43 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 556
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 | 188.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 344.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 16m / 28.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.43° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.49° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.62° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.