The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 17, 2078
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 PM
6:18 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1929
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,800 km.
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 12.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 24m / 24.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.21° / 2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.15° / -2.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.75° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.