The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 18, 1964
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 PM
7:11 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 519
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 7:59 PM, is deepest at 9:37 PM and ends at 11:15 PM. Totality lasts from 9:07 PM to 10:07 PM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 359.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 21m / 22.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.10° / -0.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.66° / 1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.10° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.