The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 17, 2070
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
7:23 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 356,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1830
Events on this date
-
Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
-
Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 351.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 46m / 18.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.63° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.46° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.83° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 174.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.