The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 17, 2028
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 AM
6:52 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1311
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 151.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 11m / -22.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.33° / 0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.62° / 0.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.26° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.