The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 18, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
88.0% 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
3:09 PM
4:03 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 482
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 | 139.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 38.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 01m / 11.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.11° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.91° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.09° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.