The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 17, 2117
Waning Crescent
37.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 AM
1:09 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.3%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2411
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 | 284.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.0° / 252.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -4.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.47° / -0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.92° / 1.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.14° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.