The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 17, 1984
Waning Crescent
27.3% 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
2:09 AM
1:56 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.3%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 766
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 | 297.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 241.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 30m / -6.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.19° / 2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.22° / -2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.06° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.