The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 18, 1901
First Quarter
48.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.5%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -260
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.0° / 86.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 33m / 1.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.24° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.92° / -4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.30° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.