The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 18, 1918
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 PM
8:26 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -50
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 339.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 34m / 20.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.92° / -2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / 3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.90° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.