The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 18, 1937
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 PM
8:28 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 185
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 | 193.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 337.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 40m / 20.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.48° / -2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.08° / 4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.69° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.