The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 17, 1994
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 PM
7:11 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 890
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 357.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 23m / 20.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.29° / -3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.21° / 4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.19° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 224.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.