The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 17, 2044
Waning Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 AM
3:31 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1508
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 193.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 21m / -26.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.99° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.12° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.39° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.