The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 18, 1911
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 AM
3:32 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -137
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.6° / 196.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 08m / -23.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.44° / -2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.47° / 4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.12° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.