The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 17, 2057
Waning Gibbous
64.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 PM
12:19 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.9%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1669
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 | 252.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.9° / 283.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 50m / 12.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.97° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.88° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.00° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.