The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 17, 2050
Waxing Crescent
14.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 AM
9:12 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.5%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1583
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 | 44.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 125.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 46m / -12.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.43° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.52° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.49° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.