The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 17, 2103
Waning Gibbous
83.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 PM
10:31 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.7%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2238
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 | 227.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.3° / 303.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 57m / 13.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.72° / -3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.39° / 5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.67° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.