The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 17, 2143
Waxing Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 PM
3:14 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2733
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 | 127.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 50.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 02m / 13.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.93° / 0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.85° / -0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.20° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.1° |
| 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.