The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 17, 2105
Waxing Gibbous
82.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 PM
3:23 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2263
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 47.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 09m / 15.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.32° / 1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.19° / -1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.67° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.