The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Waning Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 AM
3:05 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1273
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 | 334.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 201.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 47m / -24.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.18° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.40° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.58° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.