The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 17, 1982
Waxing Crescent
4.8% 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
9:39 AM
7:07 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 742
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.2° / 146.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 30m / -23.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.57° / -1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.38° / 2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.20° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.