The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 18, 1900
Waning Crescent
10.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 AM
2:45 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -273
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.0° / 214.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 02m / -18.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.28° / -1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.10° / 2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.83° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.