The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 17, 2197
Waxing Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 PM
1:22 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3401
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 | 104.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.1° / 70.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / 8.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.16° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.28° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.83° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.