The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 17, 2147
Waning Crescent
27.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 AM
2:04 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.4%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2782
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 | 297.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.6° / 242.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 30m / -4.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.54° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.57° / -4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.20° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.