The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 18, 1933
Waxing Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 AM
6:58 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 136
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.8° / 149.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 24m / -24.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.97° / -2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.97° / 4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.93° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.