The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 17, 2093
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 AM
4:48 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2114
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.8° / 182.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 09m / -20.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.04° / 2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.69° / -2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.29° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.