The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 17, 2095
Waning Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 PM
12:36 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2139
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 | 259.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.2° / 277.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 16m / 10.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.72° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.44° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.