The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 22, 2017
Waxing Crescent
16.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 AM
9:20 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.7%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1175
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.8° / 122.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 26m / -15.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.10° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / 1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.82° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.