The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 18, 1903
New Moon
0.2% 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
7:15 AM
5:25 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -236
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.7° / 174.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 33m / -18.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.51° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.17° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.80° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 156.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.