The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 17, 1989
Waning Gibbous
72.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 PM
11:27 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.0%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 828
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.1° / 288.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 06m / 10.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.83° / -1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.13° / 2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.33° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.