The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 17, 2088
Waxing Crescent
18.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 AM
9:40 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.6%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2053
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.4° / 119.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 14m / -11.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.50° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.80° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.88° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.