The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 17, 2015
Waxing Crescent
39.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 PM
11:57 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.7%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1150
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.0° / 96.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 57m / -5.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.42° / 1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.40° / -0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.00° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.