The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 17, 2084
Waning Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 PM
11:03 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2003
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 | 240.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 290.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 52m / 8.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.24° / -3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.27° / 5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.16° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.