The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 17, 2049
Last Quarter
47.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 AM
12:20 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.8%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1570
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.3° / 261.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / -3.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.86° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.62° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.