The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 17, 2174
Waning Crescent
36.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 AM
1:01 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.7%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3116
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 | 285.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.5° / 250.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -6.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.49° / -2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.32° / 4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.37° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.