The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 17, 2001
Waxing Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 AM
7:48 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 977
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 | 33.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.2° / 139.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 08m / -23.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.12° / -2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.99° / 4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.38° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.