The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 17, 2102
Waxing Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 PM
12:49 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2226
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 | 99.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.2° / 75.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 10m / 6.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.98° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.88° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.72° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.