The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 18, 1938
Waning Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 AM
3:06 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 197
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.4° / 210.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 19m / -17.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.99° / 0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.39° / 0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.27° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.