The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 17, 2151
Waxing Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
1:16 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2832
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 | 106.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 72.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 0.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.33° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.67° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.81° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.