The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 17, 2145
Waxing Crescent
17.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 AM
9:29 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.0%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2758
Events on this date
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Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.2° / 121.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 03m / -12.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.44° / 3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.96° / -3.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.81° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.