The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 17, 2119
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 PM
8:36 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2436
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 | 187.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 345.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 13m / 27.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.80° / 3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / -4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.51° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.