The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 18, 1925
Waxing Crescent
11.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 AM
8:34 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.8%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 37
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 131.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 36m / -19.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.40° / -0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.79° / 2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.26° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.