The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 17, 2092
Waning Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 PM
10:26 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2102
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 | 221.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 310.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 41m / 18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.88° / 0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.90° / 0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.58° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.