The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 17, 2166
Waning Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 AM
2:30 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3017
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.2° / 233.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -7.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.19° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.02° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.