The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 17, 2047
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 AM
6:03 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1546
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.6° / 161.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 25m / -23.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.72° / -0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.94° / 1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.64° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.