The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 17, 2170
Waxing Gibbous
72.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 PM
2:07 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.1%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3067
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 63.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 26m / 5.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.00° / -3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.75° / 4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.01° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.