The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Waning Gibbous
68.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 PM
11:33 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.3%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1063
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 | 248.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.1° / 284.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 7.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.83° / -2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.88° / 3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.13° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.