The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 17, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 PM
6:26 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1224
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 10.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 33m / 22.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.97° / 0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.03° / -0.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.98° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.