The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 17, 1990
Waxing Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 AM
5:29 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 841
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 | 5.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.3° / 167.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 05m / -25.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.19° / -2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.18° / 3.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.87° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.