The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 18, 1912
Waxing Gibbous
68.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 PM
1:46 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.0%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -124
Events on this date
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Jupiter 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 | 110.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 66.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 03m / 7.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.37° / 0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.71° / -0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.88° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.