The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 18, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
73.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 PM
2:25 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.3%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 346
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 | 117.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 59.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 25m / 11.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.93° / 2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.57° / -2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.46° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.