The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 17, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
82.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
3:30 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 853
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 | 129.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 46.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 04m / 17.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.03° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.66° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.15° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.