The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 18, 1962
Last Quarter
52.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.4%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 494
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.7° / 270.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 44m / 6.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.71° / 4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.46° / -4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.30° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.