The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 17, 2079
Waning Crescent
26.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 AM
1:43 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.2%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1941
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 239.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 30m / -9.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.52° / -0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.45° / 1.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.70° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.