The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 18, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
86.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 PM
4:50 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 247
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 | 136.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.5° / 27.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 45m / 10.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.29° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.64° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.37° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| 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.