The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 17, 2074
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 AM
4:51 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1879
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Mercury, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.4° / 182.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 07m / -19.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.62° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.10° / -3.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.49° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| 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.