The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 17, 2064
Waxing Gibbous
69.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 PM
2:02 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.0%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1756
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 63.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 02m / 11.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.89° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.74° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.99° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.