The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 17, 2006
Waning Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 AM
2:40 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1038
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 | 325.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 210.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 12m / -22.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.55° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.14° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.77° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.