The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 17, 2156
Waxing Crescent
27.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 AM
10:43 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.9%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2894
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,800 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.5° / 109.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 08m / -11.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.86° / 0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.40° / 0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.37° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.