The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 18, 1902
Waning Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 PM
10:30 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -248
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 | 230.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 300.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 08m / 11.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.88° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.50° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.07° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.