The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 17, 2068
Waning Crescent
39.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 AM
12:47 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.7%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1805
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.9° / 253.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / -6.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.68° / -3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.25° / 5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.43° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.