The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 18, 1951
Waning Gibbous
76.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
11:19 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.9%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 358
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 295.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 45m / 14.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.61° / 0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.80° / -0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.91° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.