The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 17, 1973
Waning Crescent
39.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 AM
12:40 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.7%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 630
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 | 282.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.8° / 253.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / -7.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.75° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.03° / 7.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.58° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.