The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 17, 2133
Waning Gibbous
63.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 PM
12:23 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.6%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2609
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 282.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 54m / 12.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.14° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.91° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.89° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.