The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 17, 2187
Waning Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:08 PM
9:35 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3277
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 | 204.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 327.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 29m / 23.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.21° / 1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.01° / -1.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.16° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.