The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 17, 2061
Waxing Crescent
27.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 AM
10:32 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.7%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1719
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 111.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 11m / -14.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.63° / -3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.96° / 4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.03° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.