The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 18, 1940
Waning Gibbous
84.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 PM
10:24 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.0%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 222
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 | 227.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 302.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 00m / 12.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.82° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.91° / 6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.67° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.