The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 17, 2016
Waning Gibbous
82.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 PM
10:43 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.3%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1162
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 | 229.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.1° / 301.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 12m / 14.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.12° / -1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.95° / 3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.53° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.