The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 17, 2007
First Quarter
53.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 PM
12:13 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.2%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1051
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.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.9° / 82.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 52m / 1.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.92° / 2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / -2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.38° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.