The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 17, 2163
Waning Gibbous
61.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 PM
11:53 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.2%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2980
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 | 257.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.4° / 276.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 52m / 4.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.70° / -2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.25° / 4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.96° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.