The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 18, 1910
Waning Gibbous
92.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 PM
10:16 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.7%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -149
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 | 211.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 321.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 01m / 25.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.10° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.48° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.