The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 18, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 PM
5:58 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 383
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 | 156.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 18.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 02m / 24.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.30° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.47° / -4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.50° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.