The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 17, 2161
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 AM
6:15 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2956
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 161.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 25m / -19.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.91° / 3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.21° / -3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.13° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.