The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 17, 1985
Waxing Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 PM
11:27 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 779
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 | 74.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 102.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 52m / -11.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.84° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.87° / 6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.05° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.