The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 17, 2141
Waning Gibbous
76.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 PM
10:51 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.9%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2708
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 | 237.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.5° / 293.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 36m / 9.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.26° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.50° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.28° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.