The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 18, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
56.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 PM
12:41 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.9%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 445
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 | 97.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.4° / 78.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 13m / 2.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.10° / 1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.45° / -0.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.07° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.