The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 17, 2067
Waxing Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 PM
4:48 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1793
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 31.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 11m / 19.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.82° / 1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / -1.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.15° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.