The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 18, 1909
Waxing Crescent
34.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 PM
11:17 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.7%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -161
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 | 72.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 104.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 47m / -13.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.18° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.45° / 7.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.94° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.