The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 17, 2185
Waning Crescent
15.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 AM
2:52 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.3%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3252
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.5° / 224.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 39m / -10.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.49° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.14° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.83° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.