The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 17, 2037
Waxing Gibbous
77.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 PM
2:43 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.7%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1422
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 56.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 58m / 6.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.82° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.68° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.17° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.