The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 17, 2086
Waxing Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 PM
4:44 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2028
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,800 km.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 31.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 13m / 19.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.99° / 1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.37° / -0.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.33° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.