The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 17, 2077
Waxing Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 AM
7:15 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1917
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 144.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 47m / -25.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.07° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.68° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.35° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.