The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 17, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 PM
3:31 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1657
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 | 132.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.7° / 46.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 33m / 10.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.21° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.50° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.38° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| 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.