The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 17, 1995
Waning Crescent
25.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 AM
1:51 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.1%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 902
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 | 300.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 238.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 34m / -9.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.34° / 0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.66° / 0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.31° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.