The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 17, 2032
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 PM
8:08 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1360
Events on this date
-
Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 340.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 27m / 18.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.44° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.49° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.38° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.