The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 17, 2121
Waxing Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 PM
12:35 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2461
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 | 97.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.9° / 77.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 02m / 5.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.80° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.47° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.91° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.