The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 17, 2083
Waxing Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 PM
1:44 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1991
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 | 109.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 66.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 48m / 10.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.21° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.07° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.35° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.