The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 17, 2075
Waxing Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 PM
3:02 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1892
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 | 127.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 51.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 11m / 8.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.48° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.81° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.75° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.