The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 17, 2062
Waning Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 PM
9:27 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1731
Events on this date
-
Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,200 km.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 199.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 333.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 08m / 26.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.11° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.59° / -4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.41° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.