The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 18, 1916
Waning Crescent
40.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 AM
12:37 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -75
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 | 280.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.2° / 253.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / -7.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.39° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.18° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.49° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.