The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 17, 2137
Waxing Crescent
29.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 AM
10:55 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.9%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2659
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.9° / 107.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 16m / -11.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.94° / -0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.90° / 1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.17° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.