The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 17, 2099
Waxing Crescent
32.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 AM
11:06 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.5%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2189
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 | 69.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 105.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 31m / -10.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.42° / -1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / 2.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.60° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.