The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 17, 2150
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 AM
4:18 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2819
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 2.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 188.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 41m / -20.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.47° / 1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.44° / -0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.36° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.