The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 18, 1921
Waning Gibbous
83.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 PM
10:27 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -13
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.0° / 301.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 04m / 12.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.88° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.31° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.87° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.