The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 17, 2046
Waning Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:49 PM
10:50 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1533
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 298.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 21m / 13.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.48° / -2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.64° / 3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.59° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.