The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 17, 2109
Waning Crescent
24.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 AM
2:10 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2312
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 | 300.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.2° / 238.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 44m / -6.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.50° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.40° / -4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.78° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.