The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 17, 2041
Waning Crescent
30.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 AM
1:38 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.3%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1471
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 | 293.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.1° / 245.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 14m / -6.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.44° / 1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.40° / -0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.26° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.