The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 17, 2076
Waning Gibbous
57.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.9%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1904
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 | 261.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.7° / 276.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 23m / 9.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.71° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.27° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.78° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.