The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 17, 2022
Waning Crescent
36.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 AM
1:26 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.8%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1236
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 | 285.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 253.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 45m / -1.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.16° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.49° / -2.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.47° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.