The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 18, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 PM
1:37 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 111
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 68.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 53m / 6.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.82° / 1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.72° / -0.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.24° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.