The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 17, 2058
Waxing Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 AM
7:17 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1682
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,900 km.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.1° / 144.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 45m / -25.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.58° / -3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.96° / 5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.16° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.