The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 17, 2118
Waxing Crescent
28.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 AM
10:43 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.7%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2424
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 | 64.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.7° / 109.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 10m / -12.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.06° / -1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.22° / 2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.97° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.