The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 17, 2200
Waxing Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 PM
3:40 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3438
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 | 134.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 44.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 31m / 13.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.59° / -1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.30° / 3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.98° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.