The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 17, 2082
Waning Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 AM
3:02 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1978
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,000 km.
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 202.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 45m / -24.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.58° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.44° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.81° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.3° |
| 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.