The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 18, 1913
Waning Gibbous
71.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 PM
11:40 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.7%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -112
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 | 244.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.7° / 289.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 13m / 12.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.58° / 1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.64° / -1.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.47° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.