The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 17, 2043
Waning Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 PM
9:30 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1496
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 | 199.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 333.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 08m / 27.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.17° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.66° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.61° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.9° |
| 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.