The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 17, 2066
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 AM
6:05 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1781
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,900 km.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 161.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -22.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.89° / 0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.10° / 0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.84° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.