The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 17, 1976
Waning Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:39 AM
2:29 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 667
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.8° / 224.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 28m / -13.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.10° / 0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.83° / 0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.69° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.