The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 17, 2123
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 AM
5:09 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.6 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2485
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 175.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 29m / -21.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.89° / 1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.53° / -0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.22° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.