The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 17, 2011
Last Quarter
53.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.8%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1100
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 | 265.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 267.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 19m / -1.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.19° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.81° / 7.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.04° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| 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.