The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Waning Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 PM
10:11 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1261
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 | 210.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 322.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 57m / 25.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.29° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.76° / -5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.94° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.