The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 18, 1945
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 PM
7:11 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 284
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 7:37 PM, is deepest at 9:20 PM and ends at 11:03 PM. Totality lasts from 8:40 PM to 10:00 PM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.1° / 358.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 21m / 22.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.10° / -0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.54° / 1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.90° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.