The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 17, 2035
Waning Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 PM
10:04 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1397
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 | 217.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.3° / 312.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 21m / 17.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.51° / -2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.36° / 3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.20° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.