The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 17, 2136
Waning Crescent
38.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 AM
1:03 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.2%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2646
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.9° / 253.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / -4.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.83° / -1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.78° / 2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.94° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.