The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 17, 2000
Last Quarter
53.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.7%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 964
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.6° / 272.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / 7.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.99° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.52° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.75° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| 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.