The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 17, 1996
First Quarter
53.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 PM
12:14 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.6%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 915
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.8° / 82.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 00m / 0.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.05° / 0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / 0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.63° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.