The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 18, 1948
Waning Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 PM
10:14 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 321
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 | 210.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 322.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 01m / 25.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.00° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.20° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.09° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.