The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 18, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 PM
3:15 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 12
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 | 129.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 49.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 18m / 9.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.25° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.41° / 6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.65° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.