The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 17, 2023
Waxing Crescent
27.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 AM
10:30 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.3%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1249
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.1° / 112.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 08m / -15.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.23° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.05° / 6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.64° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.