The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 18, 1924
Waning Gibbous
57.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.5%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 24
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 | 261.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.8° / 274.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 21m / 7.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.09° / 2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.97° / -2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.88° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.