The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 17, 2030
Last Quarter
53.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.2%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1335
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 267.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 24m / -1.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.28° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.87° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.83° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.