The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 18, 1949
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 AM
3:51 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 333
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 | 345.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 189.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 39m / -26.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.88° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.56° / 6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.75° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.