The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 18, 1946
Waning Crescent
19.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 AM
2:24 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.7%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 296
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 | 307.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.8° / 231.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -9.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.69° / 3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.60° / -3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.60° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.