The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 17, 2071
Waning Crescent
14.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 AM
2:52 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.0%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1842
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.7° / 222.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 43m / -11.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.05° / 3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.49° / -4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.35° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.