The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 17, 2009
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 AM
6:12 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1076
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 | 13.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.9° / 158.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 41m / -24.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.31° / -1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.77° / 2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.07° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.